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comité d'engagement

English translation: (financial/investment) approval committee

14:11 Jan 10, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
French term or phrase: comité d'engagement
Ce processus s’inscrit naturellement dans les délais définis par XXX et dans ceux du comité d’engagement (date variable selon filiales).
Tenue obligatoire d’une pré-réunion de synthèse avec les commissaires aux comptes, avant le comité d’engagement, au niveau de chacune des filiales.
Amy Grieve
Local time: 21:02
English translation:(financial/investment) approval committee
Explanation:
Could be many things, but the context (not much!) suggests it is the committee that approves investment, either in promising startups, in R&D initiatives, etc. As below:

http://www.parinitiativentreprise.com/tpe.html#comite
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/mcae/qui_sommes_nous/comite_enga...
wwww.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/technologie/mesur/incub/incub6b.htm


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Note added at 57 mins (2008-01-10 15:09:15 GMT)
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"Board" might actually be more English than "committee" here.
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 22:02
Grading comment
This was very tricky without context. I opted for "approvals committee" and sent a covering note.
Thanks to all for your help
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4agreement committee
Gaelle THIBAULT
3 +1(financial/investment) approval committee
Bourth (X)
4commitment committee
Roseanne Gaspari
3recruitment committee
Transitwrite
2deciding executive
L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen


Discussion entries: 1





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
agreement committee


Explanation:
these committees approve on important projects. Hope this helps :)

Gaelle THIBAULT
Local time: 16:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 7
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(financial/investment) approval committee


Explanation:
Could be many things, but the context (not much!) suggests it is the committee that approves investment, either in promising startups, in R&D initiatives, etc. As below:

http://www.parinitiativentreprise.com/tpe.html#comite
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/mcae/qui_sommes_nous/comite_enga...
wwww.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/technologie/mesur/incub/incub6b.htm


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Note added at 57 mins (2008-01-10 15:09:15 GMT)
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"Board" might actually be more English than "committee" here.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 22:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 307
Grading comment
This was very tricky without context. I opted for "approvals committee" and sent a covering note.
Thanks to all for your help
Notes to answerer
Asker:

Asker: Sorry - there really is no context describing what this committee might do :-/


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julie Barber
28 mins
neutral  rkillings: It matters *what* is being approved, and if you know that, you don't need the word 'approval'; cf. credit committee, credit commitment committee for a bank.
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
deciding executive


Explanation:
this might be more appropriate?

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
South Africa
Local time: 22:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 24
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
commitment committee


Explanation:
a common term


    Reference: http://www.bsu.edu/nrhh/commitment_members.htm
Roseanne Gaspari
United States
Local time: 13:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
recruitment committee


Explanation:
its a possibility to be considered according to the context

Transitwrite
France
Local time: 22:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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